Miter box with spring-pressed roller saw guide



C. G. HUNT Nov. 18, 1952 MITER BOX WITH SPRING-PRESSED ROLLER SAW GUIDE Filed Feb. 4, 1949 INVENTOR. CYRUS G. HuA/T ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 18, 1952 STATES PATENT OFFICE Box WITH SPRING-PRESS'ED ROLLER SAW GUIDE Cyrus G. Hunt, Chagrin Falls,.0liio Application February 4, 1949; Serial No.v 14,493

a Claims.

Th s nv ion r late in'eonera 'toa a n nto s o a d m n rt o larlv t impr ve ents in miter boxes;

he art f mi e bo es. .aen ra lysoeak na e ld- Gen ra l hey oompr se bed ate, a a ui e g nl tela a usta 'w k enga in arm and a calibrated segment to denote the angle of saw cut. Some even employ a resilient saw guide in the form of a U-shaped leaf spring.

My present invention is primarily directed to improvements in the saw guide for a miter box and one of the primary objectsis toprovide such a saw guide that automatically adapts itself for different saw thicknesses andautomatically insures parallel engagement of. the saw face with that of the saw guide plate.

Another obiect is to. provide such a saw guide that resiliently urgesthe. saw face into parallel engagement with that of. the saw guide plate.

Another object is to provide a saw guide that employs rollers that are spring urged to engage the outer face of the saw to force the inner face of the saw into parallel engagement with the face of the saw guide plate.

A further object is to use a single spring common to and connected to a plurality of swingable spaced rollers to insure equal roller pressure of the rollers on the saw to provide accurate parallel positioning of the saw against the guide plate throughout the sawing operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter set forth in the following specification and appended claims, certain embodiments thereof being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the miter box showing the saw held in parallel engagement with the guide plate by the spring pressed rollers; and

Figure 2 is a view in section taken along line 2-2 of the miter box with the saw removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the miter box is shown as including a metal stamping that provides a segment I with an arcuate slot 2 and graduated angle scale 3. It also has a back plate 4, an upper flange 5 facing toward the front. In addition, it has two spaced tubular columns I and 8. Extending forwardly of flange 5 is an extension flange l9 beneath which is mounted a tubular column 9.

To the back plate 4, by means of such bolts as shown at In and H, is secured a wooden saw guide plate [2.

The swingable arm l3, having a work face engaging central depending flange I4, is pivotially conne tedtothe stamping by means of a bolt i5 which extends upwardly through flange 6. s men a wa he -iitub la o mn a washer l1" and the upper flange 5- and heldin po o by a 18101 the er sol-" w hrea o o 15- s a; m nsof a ii mi and mai onanoea f e a ive-- angu ar dispo i n of t suid b oc andsunn rt w hresn o to t wor en a in arm .tb h. menta -ex e on flan e 9 s prov ded wi h a not ve Ve tic fla e .25 whi h. alo e with b and b 2 apr v d with a screw threaded hole to receive an adjustment screw bolt 2| to effect such adjustment.

In order to insureparallelism ofthe saw face wi ha of he id plate 1. I employ a pa r o tub l r nv te .ur h n t mem s 1 and 23 ne e of a .Q h i ns rt d t s dbl a iq ta lv vfitli t torres miil s ub r colum a In-FE ir 1oeZ. of m mb 22 is show- 11 0 e ndin i to 901 1 11 hoothe leef saq i memb r 22am 2. carriesitsrespective roller 25 or'Zfi; In Figure 2, leg 2'! is shown with a cylindrical roller 25 loosely and rotatably mounted on and carried by leg 21 and held in place by a suitable screw 28 screwed to the bottom of leg 21 to maintain roller 25 assembled.

The outer legs of each of the members 22 and 23 also carry a rigid hook member 29 and 30, to the books of which are releasably connected the opposite ends of a common tension coil spring 3|.

In operation, arm [3 is placed on the work with its flange l4 abutting the edge of the work. The remainder of the miter box assembly is then swung laterally about bolt [5 as a pivot until the desired angle cut, as indicated by the graduated scale 3 of the segment I, is obtained, at which time the Wing nut 32 on the bolt 34 riding in the slot 2 is tightened. Bolt 2| is then tightened to prevent relative pivotal movement between the arm l3 and the rest of the assembly.

The saw 33 is then positioned between the two spaced spring pressed rollers 25 and 26 and the guide block l2. Of particular importance are the following features of the guide assembly for the saw It departs from the old practice of leaving it to the skill of the operator entirely in maintaining the saw parallel with the face of the guide block. It departs from the old practice of miter boxes having a given limited number of angles of saw cut grooves. It also departs from the old practice of a single rigid, or flexible, single point frictional sliding engagement of the guide for the saw which does not insure parallelism.

In the first place, the two spaced rollers effect a spaced two point engagement of the saw to insure parallism of the saw throughout its length with the guide block. Moreover, the presence of the rollers, instead of non-rotatable members, reduces the friction during the sawing operation. Also the fact that a single spring is used, which has its ends connected to the legs in the rollers, insures equal resilient pressure of each roller at spaced points on the saw in the further interest of parallelism in disposition of the saw with respect to the guide block. By reference to Figure 1 it will be seen that the arms 29 and 30 of members 22 and 23 are held at the angle indicated by spring 3| for the thickness of saw 33. The insertion of a saw of greater thickness would cause members 22 and 23 and their hook arms 29 and 30 to pivot, arm 29 counterclockwise and arm 30 clockwise, against the action of spring 3| to accommodate the saw of greater thickness. Moreover, this resilient clamping action of the spring urged rollers is applied uniformly throughout the vertical length of each roller to insure against vertical, as Well as lateral, displacement of the saw from absolute parallelism of the saw face with the face of the guide block.

The miter box assembly, besides having the foregoing advantages, is simple and inexpensive in construction and manufacture and is capable of universal use for different purposes, unlimited variations of angle cuts and suitable for accommodating saws of different types, lengths and thicknesses.

I claim:

1. In a miter box having a work engaging arm and a saw guide block and a support therefor adjustably pivoted on said arm, a pair of members pivotally mounted at longitudinally spaced points on said support and each carrying a rolling element, a single tension coil spring the ends of which are connected to said pivoted members to resiliently urge said rolling elements into engagement with the outer face of the saw to main- 4 tain the latter in parallelism with the outer face of said guide block.

2. In a miter box having a work engagin arm and a saw guide block and a support therefor adjustably pivoted on said arm, a pair of members pivotally mounted at longitudinally spaced points on said support and each carrying a cylindrical rolling element, a single tension coil spring the ends of which are connected to said pivoted members to resiliently urge said rollin elements into engagement with the outer face of the saw to maintain the latter in parallelism with the outer face of said guide block.

3. In a miter box having a work engaging arm and a saw guide block and a support therefor adjusta'bly pivoted on said arm, a pai of longitudinally spaced columns on said support, a pair of inverted U-shaped members each having its inner leg pivotally carried by one of said columns and the outer leg of each member removab'ly carrying a cylindrical roller, a single tension spring the ends of which are connected to said two outer legs to resiliently urge said rollers into engagement with the outer face of the saw to maintain the inner face of the saw in vertical and longitudinal parallelism with the outer face of said guide block.

CYRUS G. HUNT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 851,841 Schade Apr, 30, 1907 876,266 Cassity Jan. 7, 1908 1,442,265 Grandle Jan. 16, 1923 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 19,674 Sweden July 22, 1905 

